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Method and device for generating information relating to the relative position of a set of at least three acoustic transducers

a technology of at least three acoustic transducers and information generating devices, which is applied in the direction of direction finders, direction finders using ultrasonic/sonic/infrasonic waves, transmission, etc., can solve the problem of significant drift of angular velocity devices

Active Publication Date: 2007-09-18
SENNHEISER ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO KG
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[0019]In a slightly different arrangement, the same invention can be used for tracking a listener in a listening room with a multi-loudspeaker sound installation. Such an installation can be a DVD reproduction system with five loudspeakers and one subwoofer or any other number of loudspeakers placed at arbitrary positions in the room. By tracking the listener in the room it is possible to adjust the sweet spot to the actual position of the listener. The sweet spot is the area in the room where the reproduction of sound from all loudspeakers is equalised and the best listening experience exists. Unlike other methods the present method and device allows to dynamically adjust the measurement of the listener's position during sound reproduction.

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However, the drift of angular velocity devices can be significant.
One drawback of this apparatus is to be seen in the fact that special transducers for determining the position and orientation are necessary in addition to the transducers used for acoustical signals.

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[0025]As can be seen from FIG. 1, a headphone set 7 comprising a transducer or headphone 7a and 7b for the right and left ear is connected to a digital system 13 with audio capabilities by lines 5 or a wireless connection. Such digital system 13 can be or at least comprises a personal computer, a game station, a set-top box or any similar device known per se, which produces an audio signal for a listener 6. This digital system 13 therefore comprises a source 1 for emitting non-modified audio signals, a ultrasonic signal generator 2, which produces non-audible signals above audible frequencies, typically above 20 kHz and a digital to analog converter 4 (DAC 4). All three elements are connected via lines 15 and adders 3a and 3b. The source 1 for a non-modified audio signal may be a CD-player, a wave-file or any other source within or outside the system 13. This source 1 emits the audio signal that the listener 6 wants to listen to. Additionally, one or more transducer 8 such as microp...

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The invention relates to a method and device for generating data about the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducers. The aim of the invention is to make it possible to continuously measure and calculate the mutual position of at least three acoustic transducers, particularly the rotation and the position of a human head wearing headphones within a room without using any additional transmitter element on the head, headphone, or body of the listener, during audio playback. This aim is achieved by connecting the acoustic transducers to a digitally operated system which comprises an output path emitting audio signals to first and second acoustic transducers, an input path receiving audio signals from the third acoustic transducer, an audio signal source that is connected to the output path, an ultrasound generator that is connected to the output path, and an information generator which indicates a position and is connected to the input path.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention refers to a method and a device for generating information relating to the relative position of a set of at least three transducers designed for treating acoustic signals,BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]In recent years, many different inventions have been proposed to detect and compute the rotation and position of a listener's head wearing headphones. One class of inventions proposes a transmitter which is mounted on the headphones. It is used for emitting a signal only, from which the head position and orientation can be extracted. The transmitted signal is either based on infrared, ultrasonic, or magnetic-field signals. A corresponding receiver will feed the received signal to a signal-processing unit where the rotation and / or position of the listener's head is calculated. Such device is disclosed in WO 92 / 07346.[0003]Another class of inventions propose a gyrator or an angular velocity device, which is mounted on the headphone. In this ca...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(United States)
IPC IPC(8): H04B3/00G01S3/80H04B5/00H04R1/10H04R3/00H04S1/00H04S7/00
CPCH04S1/005H04S7/304
Inventor PELLEGRINI, RENATOROSENTHAL, MATTHIAS
Owner SENNHEISER ELECTRONICS GMBH & CO KG
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